My wife decided that this was an opportunity to upgrade our washer/dryer combo. Perhaps she was influenced by LG’s clever appliance commercials, because what we ended up getting was a front-loading LG washer and dryer combo in candy apple red, pictured here to the left. She’d had her eye on them for a while, actually, but couldn’t justify their purchase while the existing machines were still working.

I can’t say I find laundry machines too exciting, but my wife’s been very pleased with the new machines. She is very finnicky about her laundry and a front-loading washer (which is supposed to be gentler on clothes) was a welcome addition to our set of appliances.

What do I like the best about these machines? The timer! Both the washer and the dryer have an LED display that shows you exactly how many minutes are left to complete the current operation. You don’t have to listen for the buzzer or wonder when the wash/dry will be done, you just check the current time when you start and that’s all you need to know. A small thing, perhaps, but a great feature in my mind.

Speaking of hitting perfectly good appliances with a train, I was going to donate the washer to a worthy cause, so I left it out at the end of my driveway for them to pick up… don’t you know it but some fool drunk driver (OK, that’s a guess) actually went and turned it to scrap metal by plowing into it with their car. This is the winter for accidents, it seems, a few weeks before that someone hit some black ice and fishtailed into our wooden fence. Again. Sigh.

Anyhow, the LG front-loading washer works well and looks great.